— The government revenue collectors have seized a distillery at Baltimore, Md., containing 8,000 barrels of whisky, for alleged fraud in the matter of revenue payments.
— Damage estimated at one million dollars has been caused by ice jams in the Niagara River at the Falls, which have backed up the water of the river to an extent never before known.
— There being many American teachers and missionaries in Persia, the State Department at Washington has notified the Persian government that the United States would hold Persia responsible for the protection of these persons.
— Wheat in the Chicago exchange continues to increase in price, and the one chiefly responsible for the high price declares that it will go still higher. Because of the high price of flour incident to this rise in the price of wheat, bakers are threatening to raise the price of bread, and some are predicting bread riots unless conditions can be altered.
— The Japanese government is said to be negotiating with an American builder of submarine boats for the purchase of plans for a new kind of submarine boat of smaller size than the type now in use, but of double speed.
— A severe earthquake shock, accompanied by subterranean rumblings, was experienced at Lima, Peru, April 12. Two days previous the seismograph at Albany, N. Y., recorded a severe earthquake at a probable distance of 6,000 miles, but its exact whereabouts have not been definitely located as yet.
— A report from St. Petersburg states that the negotiations between Bulgaria and Turkey looking to the settlement of the dispute between those countries are now taking an unsatisfactory course, and have reached a practical deadlock. There is talk of mobilizing the Bulgarian army unless Turkey shows a more conciliatory spirit.
— Because of the tariff on manufactured silk brought into this country, a combination of French silk manufacturers in southern France have decided to move their $10,000,000 silk manufacturing plant to the United States. The largest field for their product has been in the United States, and the removal of their plant will enable them to reach the same market without paying the heavy duty.
— The final ceremony in the beatification of Joan of Arc, at St. Peter’s, Rome, was appointed for April 18. Following the service, the pope was to descend to the basilica “to venerate the portrait of the Maid.” After that date Joan of Arc may be venerated by Catholics everywhere, and altars may be erected to her in all Catholic churches. The pope will soon publish a decree proclaiming the Maid protectress of France. Sixty French bishops and 40,000 pilgrims are expected in Rome to take part in or view the ceremony.
— At the examination of candidates for ministerial license in the New York Presbytery on April 12, the majority of the candidates examined were refused license for the time being because of their extremely “modern” views regarding theology, Christ and his work, and the sacrament. It was stated by some of the examiners that the answers given by some of these theological graduates would have delighted infidels, and they expressed their determination to go back of the graduates to the professors who are responsible for the views held by these young men.
— Dr. Clay, of the University of Pennsylvania, has been bringing to light interesting discoveries from the unearthed library of Nippur. This ancient Babylonian city has been identified as the Calneh of Genesis. It is shown from the unearthed records which are now being translated, that business transactions very much like our own were carried on in those far-off centuries. There are copies of bills of sale, leases, ejectment proceedings, receipts for taxes, notes, and transfers of property. One contract has been translated in which a slave girl is given as the security for a debt. It is therein stipulated that during this contract no interest shall be paid on the debt, and there shall be no price on the service of the slave, but she was to be returned when the debt was cancelled.
— Since acquiring the island of Formosa in 1895, the Japanese have increased the railroad mileage of the island from 62 miles to 334. This railway extension was built under government supervision at nearly $2,000,000 less than the estimates.
— The present temperance wave is not restricted to America. In Germany a strong indictment against the liquor traffic has been drawn up by leading scientists and college professors. Physicians of Denmark have issued a statement to the effect that one death in every seven in that country is caused by the drinking of liquor. Switzerland has banished absinthe, though the country loses a large revenue by the act. It is said that England is showing less interest than are these continental countries in measures for the eradication of the intemperance evil.
— Recent discoveries in regard to the nature of soil fertility have suggested the employment of various novel fertilizers. Manganese has been applied with success, and now magnesia is being employed as a fertilizer for cereals, potatoes, beets, and leguminous crops. The magnesia was applied in the form of kainit, or Stassfurt potash salt, which contains fourteen per cent of magnesium sulphate. In the experiments the yield of sugar-beets was increased 4,500 pounds an acre; with grains the increase varied from one seventh to one fifth of the total crop; the crop of potatoes was increased by 6,000 pounds an acre, and was rendered immune to the attacks of mildew fungus; and the yield of hay from natural meadow land was increased 1,150 pounds an acre.
— On April 13 the Turkish troops at Constantinople made a violent demonstration before the parliament building, arrested all the members of the committee of union and progress, and demanded a change in the government. Rioting during the day resulted in the death of seventeen and the wounding of thirty persons. The resignation of the grand vizier was accepted by the sultan, and the following day Tewfik Pasha was appointed to that position. The committee of union and progress knew of the agitation against the new régime, but knew that they could rely upon the officers of the army. It is now stated that the sultan has been working, by means of secret emissaries, among the rank and file of the troops. These have rebelled against their officers and brought about the present conditions. On April 15 mutinous marines captured the commander of one of the Turkish war-ships, and hanged him at the sultan’s gate. This is the commander who had trained the guns of his ship on the sultan’s palace at the time when the sultan was forced to grant the new constitution. It is now charged that his execution was carried out on the sultan’s order. The Young Turks are depending upon the third army corps, which is now marching on Constantinople; but the situation has many complications, and no one can foresee what will take place. It is reported that the Albanians are in revolt, and that the Moslems are killing Armenians and Christians in a number of places, pillaging their property, and burning their homes. The European powers are undecided as yet whether to take action or not.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Canvassers' Institutes for 1909
COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE
Mount Vernon (Ohio) College, Mount Vernon ................. April 16-30
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE
Emmanuel Missionary College, Berrien Springs, Mich. ........ April 18 to May 2
Notice!
By G. A. IRWIN
NOTICE is hereby given to the constituency of the Washington (D. C.) Sanitarium Association that the fourth annual meeting of said association will be held in connection with the next session of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Takoma Park, Md. The first meeting will convene at 11 A. M., Thursday, May 20, 1909.
The members of this corporation consist of the executive committee of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the Chesapeake Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the Virginia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the West Virginia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the board of management of the evangelical work of the Seventh-day Adventists in the District of Columbia and in Takoma Park, Md., and the board of trustees of the Washington (D. C.) Sanitarium Association.
This meeting is convened for the purpose of rendering and considering reports, electing a board of trustees, and for the transaction of any other business that may properly come before the association.
By order of the Board of Trustees,
G. A. IRWIN, Chairman.
The May “Life and Health”
By Editor
The May number of Life and Health is now ready for delivery. The beautiful, artistic cover design—something out of the ordinary—will, of itself, make this issue a rapid seller. And the contents themselves are first-class.
FACSIMILE OF COVER PAGE
The popularity of this, our easiest-selling magazine, is shown by the fact that 35,000 copies of the April number were ordered before April 14. The remaining orders for that number must be filled with the May number.
Notice the variety and value of the articles contained in this excellent number:—
Contents of May Number
GENERAL ARTICLES.—Why Eat Meat? by D. H. Kress, M. D.; The Bicycle—and Why, by R. O. Eastman; Rice; Its Value and Adulteration, by Rev. Henry S. Clubb; Symptoms of Autointoxication, by J. R. Leadsworth, M. D.; The Need of Organized Antituberculosis Work, by G. H. Heald, M. D.; Garden Reveries, by R. O. Eastman; Moderate Drinking, by President Eliot of Harvard.
THE CONSULTING ROOM.—A Bad Cough—A Fading Blossom—A Mouth Breather—Spring Biliousness, by G. A. Hare, M. D.
HEALTHFUL COOKERY.—Cooking Lessons, No. 5—Healthful Desserts, by George E. Cornforth.
RATIONAL TREATMENT IN THE HOME.—Home Treatments for Common Diseases, No. 3—How to Give Fomentations, by W. A. George, M. D.
CURRENT COMMENT.—Our Dietetic Education—Dr. Wiley Should Be Retained—The School Garden.
ABSTRACTS.—Lengthening Human Life—The Passing of Overfeeding in Tuberculosis—Acne, or Pimples—Tobacco and Alcohol on the Young Man.
THE MEDICAL FORUM.—Fresh Air in the Treatment of Disease—Dangers of Tuberculosis in Cows as Viewed in America and Scotland—Nerve Strain in Schoolchildren—Knowledge Versus Manners—Foot Deformity and Its Results.
THE MEDICAL MISSIONARY AT WORK.—Healing as a Part of the Gospel, by A. A. John, M. D.; Medical Missionary Work in Java, by J. E. Fulton.
EDITORIAL.—As We See, So Are We—Always Positive, Sometimes Accurate—The Third Interim Report, Royal Commission on Human and Animal Tuberculosis.
SOME BOOKS.—Bacterial Food Poisoning—Hygiene of the Lung in Health and Disease—Books Reviewed.
NEWS NOTES.—The Rat a Nuisance—Fatal Poisoning by Wild Parsnips—A Martyr to Medical Science—No Smoking in the Subways—Preservatives in Hamburger Steak—Temperature in Infant Feeding—Tuberculosis in Children—Leprosy in Hawaii—International Congress on Alcoholism—Is Meat Inspection a Safeguard?—Victims of Meat Poisoning—and twelve other interesting items.
How “Life and Health” Actually Sells
Here are seven records taken from actual experiences, showing how this magazine sells in the cities:—
1. Largest sale in one single day, made by a tall, bashful girl in the city of San Jose, Cal. Copies sold, 230. Street sales. Worked some after supper. First week’s work. Day’s profit, $16.10.
2. Best record for eight hours’ work (on three succeeding days), 260 copies sold. Lady agent. Profit, per hour, $2.27.
3. One year’s scholarship in Union College earned in three weeks by a young lady in California. After paying her expenses and ticket from San Francisco to Lincoln, Neb., she had nearly $50 left for pin-money.
4. Seventy-six copies sold in two hours by a young lady in Illinois. Copies sold per hour, 38. Profit, $5.32, or $2.66 per hour. Selling thousands of copies right along.
5. A seven weeks’ record of over 25 copies sold per hour. Retail value of sales, per hour, over $2.50. Profit, per hour, $1.75. This, for seven weeks, remember.
6. A New Orleans agent sold 200 copies in eight hours. “Everybody reached out for the magazine. It is a fine seller,” she writes. Average sales, per hour, 25 copies. Profit, $14, or $1.75 per hour.
7. Ninety-one copies sold in four hours, by a beginner, in Georgia. “Entering a nice store,” she says, “I called for the proprietor, sold him a copy, and asked permission to work the store. He replied: ‘Work the store, and the whole town, for that matter, and much success to you! I happen to be the mayor.’ The Lord especially blessed me in my work.”
You Can Sell the May Number
Send five cents for sample copy. Also ask for leaflet, “How to Sell Our Magazines,” and a printed canvass.
Join our force of over 1,000 Life and Health agents. Order through your State tract society, if possible.
PRICES: Single copies; 10 cents; 5 to 20 copies, 5 cents each; 25 to 400 copies, 4 cents; 500 to 800 copies, 3½ cents; 1,000 or more, 3 cents.
If you order direct, send cash with order. Try 25 copies for $1.
In applying for agency, kindly send a written recommendation from your pastor, teacher, banker, tract society, or leading business firm of your town. Address Life and Health, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.
Earning a Scholarship Through Magazine Sales
You can earn a scholarship in any of our schools, and meet your vacation expenses, by the sale of our ten-cent magazines. Some of our most successful agents could easily earn two yearly scholarships during the twelve weeks.
Presidents U. S. Grant and James A. Garfield earned their college scholarships by selling the printed page from door to door. And among other notable recruits in the great army of canvassers might be mentioned George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon Bonaparte, Daniel Webster, the great Bismarck, the poets Coleridge and Longfellow, President Hayes, Madame de Stael, James G. Blaine, Mark Twain, and scores of other self-made men and women.
The work of selling our magazines is pleasant, and does not generally arouse prejudice.22Again, the returns from these sales are immediate, thus enabling one to meet current expenses. Neither is there any period of anxious waiting for a future time of delivery. Finally, the agent needs to go over the ground but once.
The profits on the sale of two thousand to twenty-five hundred copies of Life and Health, Liberty, the Protestant Magazine, or the Temperance number of the Youth's Instructor ($140 to $175) will be amply sufficient to pay for a year's scholarship in any of our colleges or academies. The sale of a few hundred extra magazines will furnish the economical student with sufficient profits to defray the summer's expenses. Failing to sell enough copies to earn a full year's scholarship, even an inexperienced agent should be able to dispose of a sufficient quantity to secure a half-year's schooling.
Our Plan, Briefly Expressed.
The Publishing Department of the General Conference has submitted to all of our publishing houses and schools a uniform plan for the earning of scholarships through periodical sales. Having accepted the same, the Review and Herald Publishing Association now makes the following liberal propositions to worthy students who desire to engage in this work:—
1. The student may sell Life and Health, Liberty, the Protestant Magazine, or the Temperance number of the Youth's Instructor, according to choice.
2. Those desiring to earn a scholarship shall make full and satisfactory arrangements with the State tract society for doing so, and shall uniformly order all magazines through the tract society office.
3. Cash should accompany all orders from students who, for a valid reason, can not order through the State tract society. In extreme cases the publishers may ship the first consignment of magazines without pay. In such cases, however, the magazines, once sold, must be paid for in full before a second consignment is sent. Once formed, the cash habit is the easiest and best for buyer and publisher alike.
4. The State tract society shall control the assignment of territory to the students, thus protecting the regular periodical agents already in the field.
5. The ten-cent magazines shall be furnished to the student at the regular rates until he has sold enough copies for a year's or half-year's scholarship, as follows: 5 to 20 copies, 5 cents each; 25 to 400 copies, 4 cents each; 500 to 800 copies, 3½ cents; 1,000 or more, 3 cents.
6. As soon as the publishing house is informed by any State tract society or school that a student has sold the required number of magazines for a year's or half-year's scholarship, and that said student has deposited the money required to apply on said scholarship, the publishing house will remit to the business manager of the school the student will attend, the difference between the amount paid for magazines at the regular rates and three cents a copy. This will make the final cost of the magazines, to these students, only three cents a copy, regardless of the number ordered at any one time, during the effort.
7. In case any student who has earned a scholarship is unable for any good reason to attend school, his scholarship may be transferred to any one whom the State tract society officers may recommend, and whom the school authorities can accept as a student.
8. In view of the fact that our schools will be greatly advantaged by these cash-down scholarships, and also by the addition of such a desirable class of seriously minded students, a number of our educational institutions propose to offer to these student canvassers a discount of ten per cent from their regular scholarship charges. Wherever carried out, this plan will, of course, materially reduce the number of magazines required to be sold. The Publishing Department of the General Conference will shortly announce a list of the schools that will make this discount.
Lay Your Plans Now!
As soon as you have decided which school you will attend next year, and which of the four magazines mentioned you desire to sell, write us, and we will give your case our personal attention, and place your name upon our list of special agents. Send fifteen cents in stamps for a sample copy of the four magazines, Life and Health, Liberty, the Protestant Magazine, and the Temperance number of the Youth's Instructor. Also ask for our circular, “How to Earn a Scholarship.” Address Periodical Department, Review and Herald Publishing Assn., Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.
Notice!
By W. W. PRESCOTT
NOTICE is hereby given that the sixth annual meeting of the members of the constituency of the Review and Herald Publishing Association, of Washington, D. C., will be held in the General Conference tent, Takoma Park, Md., on Tuesday, May 18, 1909, at 11 A. M., for the election of four trustees for the coming year, to take the places of those whose term of office expires at that time, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
The following persons are members of this corporation: those composing the executive committees of the General Conference, the Atlantic Union Conference, the Canadian Union Conference, the Lake Union Conference, and the Columbia Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventists; those who compose the executive committees of the several local conferences of the Seventh-day Adventists within the territory of the aforementioned union conferences; those who compose the board of trustees of the Review and Herald Publishing Association; and such persons as have received certificates of membership in said association.
By order of the Board of Trustees,
W. W. PRESCOTT, President.
The Washington Training College
By A. G. DANIELLS
A MEETING of the Washington Training College corporation (the legal name of the Washington Foreign Mission Seminary) is hereby called for 11 A. M., Wednesday, May 19, 1909, to convene at the place of meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist General Conference, in Takoma Park, Md. The members of the corporation are the executive committee of the General Conference and the president of each local conference in the United States.
By order of the Trustees,
A. G. DANIELLS, President.
The General Conference Corporation
By A. G. DANIELLS
THERE will be a meeting of the members of the General Conference Corporation, Monday, May 17, 1909, at 11 A. M., at the place of meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist General Conference, in Takoma Park, Md. The members of this corporation are the delegates to the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
By order of the Trustees,
A. G. DANIELLS, President.
Important Warning
By E. Rosenwold
There is a Swedish man traveling about on foot, borrowing money in large sums from Seventh-day Adventists. When last seen, he went by the name of August Lundberg. He is about forty-four years of age, about five feet eight inches tall, has somewhat dark hair, and is partly bald on top of the head, and wears mustache. He appears very pleasant and kind-hearted. He does not claim to be a Seventh-day Adventist, but claims to be much interested in the truth. He says he is a stone mason by trade, and has a long tale of woe to tell—that he has been sick for years, been cheated by people, and at last robbed on the train; but that he has money and property in Sweden, and is expecting some money soon. He has been in several towns in Iowa, and is at this writing in Rock Island, Ill. He may go by other names, so I sincerely hope our people will be on their guard. E. ROSENWOLD.
Business Notices
This department is conducted especially for the accommodation of the Seventh-day Adventist readers of this paper.
Brief business notices will be published subject to the discretion of the publishers, and on compliance with the following—
Conditions
Any person unknown to the managers of this paper must send with his advertisement satisfactory written recommendation. Such recommendation should come from one of our ministers, or from the elder of a Seventh-day Adventist church. It is not enough to refer to some individual by name. Secure his recommendation in writing, and send it.
We open no accounts for advertising, and cash must accompany each order.
A charge of one dollar will be made for each insertion of forty words or less. Each additional word, initial, or group of figures in excess of forty, will cost three cents.
No discount for several insertions.
WANTED.—Two first-class coal-miners. Steady work the year round; good pay. None but Seventh-day Adventists need apply. Address F. F. De Rush, Palisade, Colo.
CALIFORNIA Honey (sage and orange), in 60-lb. cans, 7 cents. Ripe olives, 50 and 70 cents. Olive Oil, $2.50. Corn and Cotton Oils, 80 cents. Oils in gallon cans, add 15 cents. Address W. S. Ritchie, Corona, Cal.
FOR SALE.—Large house and 80 acres of land. 40 acres cleared; 20 partly cleared; 20 wood lot. Cause of sale: Owner desirous of entering the canvassing work. Address J. C. Wells, R. F. D. 5, Box 55, Hesperia, Mich.
WANTED.—To rent, on shares or for cash, for three or five years, a well-improved rolling farm,—not more than 160 acres,—near Seventh-day Adventist church in Iowa, east of Sheldon. Address Peter Bloemendaal, Sheldon, Iowa.
FOR SALE.—Good six-room house, large cellar, barn, chicken house, well, windmill, everything new. Fifteen acres of land, one and one-fourth miles from church and church-school. For price and terms, write Geo. Blum, R. F. D., Hastings, Neb.
WANTED.—Man and wife, also single woman, for farm in middle Tennessee. Steady employment year round. State age, experience, wages expected, and references. Commence May 1. Address Mrs. E. F. Payne, Norfield, Miss.
WRITE us for price-list of Health Foods and Cooking Oil. We guarantee our products to be first-class. Order Nitrosia, the new nut food. We prepay part of the freight charges. Iowa Sanitarium Food Company, Des Moines, Iowa.
WANTED.—Physician to take charge of laboratory, to do pathological and clinical work, and assist in operations and general duties at the Chamberlain Sanitarium. Address all communications to Dr. C. P. Farnsworth, Chamberlain, S. D.
WANTED.—A graduate lady nurse, one who is capable of taking charge of a small institution, assisting surgeons, instructing training-class. First-class executive ability required. Give references and state salary desired. Mt. Vernon Hospital-Sanitarium, Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
ONE hundred pounds “BAN-NANA CEREAL,” $8. The new Nut Food Drink made from bananas, nuts, and grains. Strongest food drink on market, and pronounced strongest and smoothest drink made. Samples for dime. Ask your grocer. Ethan A. Brown, Des Moines, Iowa.23
FOR SALE.—Sanitarium Cooking Oil, pure and healthful; no odor, keeps indefinitely: 5-gal. can, $3.50; 10-gal. can, $6.75; 62 cents a gal. in half-barrel and barrel lots; 30 gal. and 50 gal. Address Sanitarium Cooking Oil Co., Louisville, Ky.
FOR SALE.—Peanut Butter, 10 cents a pound. Write for special low prices on Cocoanut Oil, Olive Oil, Vegetable Cooking Oil, Cereal Coffee, and other health foods. All guaranteed absolutely pure. Low transportation rates. Address Vegetarian Meat Co., Washington, D. C.
WANTED.—To correspond with reliable Seventh-day Adventists wishing to locate in west central Kansas, where productive farms are still cheap, and church and school privileges are possible. Land $10 to $35. Good water. Good climate. Address Fred H. Weber, Ogallah, Kan.
WANTED.—Printer, for foreman in composing room; Sabbath-keeper, non-union, good make-up, job compositor, acquainted with handling linotype work, able to supervise, read proofs, plan work. Eight-hour day; good place for right man. References. 439 West Sixth St., Plainfield, N. J.
FOR SALE.—Treatment-rooms doing first-class business, Tacoma, Wash. Fine opening for physician in prosperous city. Population, 110,000. Owner desirous of taking a ministerial course, therefore willing to sacrifice good business. Best references. Address E. C. Johnson, 926 Commerce St., Tacoma, Wash.
FOR SALE.—All proceeds donated to missionary work. 40 acres unimproved land, 1½ miles from Cutler Station, on Santa Fé Railroad, in Tulare County, Cal. First-class quality of soil—will raise any fruit that will grow in California. Irrigating canal along one side of land. 25 acres level and ready for planting. 15 acres need a little leveling; can be done for $200. As healthful a location as can be found. Would make an excellent home for one or two families. Who wants to buy a good home and send all his purchase money to the mission field? Price, $5,000. Full information secured by writing to Dr. G. A. Hare, Fresno, Cal.
Addresses
The address of C. C. Webster is 416 Fremont Ave., Springfield, Ohio.
The address of the New Jersey Tract Society and New Jersey Seventh-day Adventist Conference is now 815 Genesee St., Trenton, N. J.
Address Wanted
ANY person knowing of the whereabouts of Mrs. J. M. Carey, who left Elgin, Ill., for New York State some ten years ago, will confer a favor by sending her address to the clerk of the Seventh-day Adventist church at Elgin, Ill. Address Minnie A. Peterson, 34 North Gifford St., Elgin, Ill.
Notice!
BROTHER S. H. CANNAHAN, of Cuba, advises any of our brethren who contemplate moving to that field, and purchasing land, to correspond with E. L. Campbell, San Claudio Cabañas, Cuba. He is a Seventh-day Adventist, and well acquainted with conditions in the island.
Publications Wanted
[SPECIAL NOTICE.—We learn that objectionable literature is being sent in response to these requests, and urge all to examine with special care any periodicals or pamphlets received outside of our well-known denominational publications. Be sure that the literature which you distribute teaches the truth. Those responding to requests for papers should send only clean copies, neatly folded, securely wrapped, and fully prepaid.—Ed.]
James McCorkle, Swayzee, Ind., Signs, Watchman, Life and Health, and tracts.
Mrs. N. A. Reiber, Brunswick, St. Simon Isle, Ga., Liberty and tracts for free distribution.
J. F. Parker, R. F. D. 2, Fort Smith, Ark., denominational papers and tracts for use with colporteur wagon.
Fred Lazier, Spalding, Saskatchewan, Canada, Signs, Review, Liberty, Watchman, and Life and Health.
Miss Violet Phillips, 818 Broadway St., Eau Claire, Wis., Little Friend, Instructor, and other denominational literature.
